Thornton, Edward, Sir, 1817-1906
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1817 - 1906
Sir Edward Thornton (1817-1906), British diplomat; held posts in Latin America, Turkey, Russia, and served as Minister to the United States.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Carrington Family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 130
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, printed material, scrapbooks, sermons, and other papers relating to members of the Carrington family. Henry Beebee Carrington (1824-1912) and his grandfather, David Lewis Beebe (1763-1803), are two central figures in the papers. Material relating to David Lewis Beebe, including essays and sermons, documents his religious duties in Connecticut and family concerns in Ohio. Henry Beebee Carrington material includes correspondence, a diary, a...
Dates:
1749-1929
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Carrington Family papers
Sir Edward Thornton correspondence with the British Foreign Office
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 864
Overview:
The papers are comprised of more than 2,500 original autograph manuscript letters and dispatches received by Sir Edward Thornton, and manuscript copies of Thornton's outgoing official and private correspondence and dispatches, in the period following the American Civil War. Thornton's correspondence was with several important figures in British foreign policy including foreign secretaries Edward Henry Stanley, George William Frederick Villiers, and George Leveson-Gower. Hundreds of other...
Dates:
1868-1875